# 2002 Gmina Bircza mayoral election, second round

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo podkarpackie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie.md) / [powiat przemyski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/powiat-przemyski.md) / [Bircza](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza.md), November 10, 2002

Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz won with 52.3% of the vote, 4.6 points ahead of Józef Zbigniew Żydownik. Józef Zbigniew Żydownik led the first round with 44.3%.

> Candidate votes for the gmina as the Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze's candidate file prints them, with valid votes as the file prints them for the gmina. Electors, ballots cast (głosy oddane), and valid votes are as the file prints them for the gmina, and invalid is the ballots cast less the valid votes.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2002-10-27-local/mayor.md), October 27, 2002

- Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 44.3% (Advanced)
- Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz, 37.5% (Advanced)
- Wiesław Zbigniew Krajewski, 11.2%

### Second round, November 10, 2002

- Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz, 52.3% (Elected)
- Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 47.7%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz | KWW Samorządna Gmina | 1,635 | 52.3% | Elected |
| Józef Zbigniew Żydownik | KWW Gwarancja na Lepsze | 1,492 | 47.7% |  |

Valid votes: 3,127

Turnout: 62.6% (3,189 of 5,091 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 21, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2024-04-21-runoff/mayor.md): Anna Szymaszek, 51.1%
- [November 30, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2014-11-30-runoff/mayor.md): Grzegorz Jan Gągola, 63.7%
- [November 26, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2006-11-26-runoff/mayor.md): Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 50.4%
- November 10, 2002: Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz, 52.3%

## Also on the ballot in Poland on November 10, 2002

- [Local races across Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (1,201)

## Sources

- [Dane wyborcze: wybory wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast](https://danewyborcze.kbw.gov.pl/), Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze. License: Official public record, no license stated

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